by Sujata Agrawal | Aug 1, 2017 | News 2017
Why does chronic absence matter for young students? Students who miss more school often have a harder time learning to read. Data* shows that only 65% of chronically absent students in Bellevue are reading proficiently by 3rd grade as compared to 79% for students with...
by Sujata Agrawal | Jul 6, 2017 | News 2017
The Pacific Educational Group (PEG), a consulting firm committed to forging racial equity, believes that an earnest and honest discussion on race and racism is the first step to eliminating racially predictable outcomes of our lives. It has developed Courageous...
by Sujata Agrawal | Jul 6, 2017 | News 2017
On June 27, 110 individuals from 40 organizations (see below) gathered together at the Odle Middle School in Bellevue for the first Eastside Racial Equity Summit. Organized by the Bellevue School District (BSD), City of Bellevue, Eastside Pathways, and Leadership...
by Sujata Agrawal | Jun 8, 2017 | News 2017
The focus of the 2016 Bill Henningsgaard Fund for Children was funding a program that supports Eastside Pathways’ initiative to increase attendance and/or being in school on time for students of all ages. The recipient – Community Truancy Board (Bellevue School...
by Sujata Agrawal | Jun 8, 2017 | News 2017
The community room at the Crossroads Community Center was buzzing with excited voices. The second All-Partner Meeting of 2017 had gotten off to a great start as Tom Brewer, the MC, from Bellevue Presbyterian Church and a member of the Partner Leadership Committee had...
by Sujata Agrawal | Jun 8, 2017 | News 2017
At the Eastside Pathways All-Partner Meeting on May 25, 2017, Stephanie Cherrington, Executive Director of Eastside Pathways, shared a Positive Pathways story – the success of the summer melt campaign that has been undertaken by the Career Pathways collaborative....
